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Greenpeace Response to MPI’s Multi-Million Dollar Hand-Out
Wednesday, 18 May 2016, 2:40 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Responding to news today that the Ministry for Primary Industries will hand over millions of dollars to a controversial Canterbury industrial irrigation scheme, Genevieve Toop, Greenpeace’s agriculture campaigner, said: More >>
More than twice as much fish taken as reported
Monday, 16 May 2016, 9:50 am | Greenpeace
Auckland, 16 May 2016 – Greenpeace is calling for an independent investigation of the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) in light of an explosive academic report released today, which finds that the quantity of fish caught in New Zealand is more ... More >>
Overfishing denier fails to disclose industry millions
Monday, 16 May 2016, 9:39 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Auckland, 16 May 2016 – Documents obtained by Greenpeace USA through two Public Records Act requests reveal that University of Washington fisheriesbiologist Ray Hilborn has received at least $3.56 million from 69 fishing, seafood and other industry ... More >>
Greenpeace NZ demands investigation into ‘cover-up’ of death
Friday, 13 May 2016, 11:07 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday, 13 May: Greenpeace is today calling for an immediate independent investigation into the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI), following extremely serious allegations that the government department covered up the death of a Māui dolphin. More >>
Six Tonnes of Dairy Sewage Used to Blockade ACC Office
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 8:54 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
May 4, 2016: Greenpeace have used six tonnes of dairy sewage to blockade ACC’s multi-storey building in the middle of Wellington. More >>
Genesis “about to face the climate fight of 2016”
Thursday, 28 April 2016, 11:10 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday, April 28: This morning it’s been revealed that Genesis Energy will be keeping the coal burners on at New Zealand’s last coal-fired power station until at least 2022, despite promising to turn them off by 2018. More >>
Doomed Ruataniwha Scheme Should be Ditched by Council
Tuesday, 26 April 2016, 11:29 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The Ruataniwha irrigation scheme looks doomed, and Hawke’s Bay Regional Council should ditch it at tomorrow’s (Wednesday) council meeting, says Greenpeace today. More >>
NZ’s climate plan slammed as “a sham”
Friday, 22 April 2016, 12:17 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Friday, April 22: Questions about the National Government’s fitness to lead on climate issues are being raised as Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett prepares to sign the Paris climate agreement on behalf of New Zealand tomorrow. More >>
Thai Union’s Destructive Fishing in Indian Ocean Targetted
Wednesday, 20 April 2016, 1:10 pm | Greenpeace
Indian Ocean, 20 April 2016 - Greenpeace has deployed its largest and fastest vessel to the Indian Ocean in a bid to disrupt the fishing operations of industrial tuna giant Thai Union. More >>
Future access to fresh water in question
Tuesday, 19 April 2016, 1:10 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Tuesday, April 19: Our future access to fresh water has been brought into question by a report, published this morning, which explores how New Zealand will be affected by climate change. More >>
NZ’s climate policy is a “total bloody waste of time”
Monday, 18 April 2016, 11:45 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Monday, April 18: On the back of a report released this morning that shows the NZ Government has allowed businesses to buy fraudulent carbon credits from Russia and Ukraine, Greenpeace New Zealand has called for the linchpin of New Zealand’s climate ... More >>
Taiwan’s fisheries plagued by human rights abuses
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 3:31 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Taipei, 14 April 2016 - A year-long Greenpeace East Asia investigation into Taiwan’s distant water tuna fisheries has exposed Illegal shark finning, labour and human rights abuses, as well as Taiwan’s failure to adequately address issues such as ... More >>
“Huntly must close” in wake of coal company bankruptcy
Thursday, 14 April 2016, 12:45 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Thursday, April 14: The pressure is mounting for New Zealand’s last coal fired power-plant, Huntly, to close its two remaining coal units in the wake of news that the world’s largest private sector coal company has just filed for bankruptcy. More >>
Government Should Pull Plug on Billion Dollar Dam
Wednesday, 13 April 2016, 10:36 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The government should pull the plug on the controversial Ruataniwha irrigation scheme in Hawke’s Bay, as costs look set to soar towards the billion dollar mark, Greenpeace says today. More >>
Whiskas Clearly Unable to Deny Cat Food Linked to Slavery
Thursday, 24 March 2016, 10:35 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
The owner of international pet food giant Whiskas have admitted that questions over their links to modern-day slavery are ‘very worrying’ More >>
Planned New Coal Power Plants Will Deplete Water Resources
Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 1:26 pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Hong Kong, 22 March 2016 - The world’s rapidly dwindling freshwater resources could be further depleted if plans for hundreds of new coal power plants worldwide go ahead, threatening severe drought and competition, according to a new Greenpeace International ... More >>
Oil Block Offer a ‘Desperate, Last-Ditch Bid"
Monday, 21 March 2016, 9:36 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Responding to today’s oil block offer announcement by Simon Bridges, Greenpeace’s senior climate campaigner Simon Boxer said: More >>
Hundreds descend on Central Auckland to blockade oil event
Monday, 21 March 2016, 8:14 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
More than 200 people descended on New Zealand’s largest oil industry conference at dawn this morning blocking its entrances as part of a Greenpeace-organised demonstration of peaceful civil disobedience. More >>
Bill McKibben throws his weight behind civil disobedience
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 1:15 pm | Greenpeace
World-leading environmentalist Bill McKibben is today urging New Zealanders to take part in peaceful civil disobedience to overthrow “radicalism”. More >>
John Key Should Resign as Tourism Minister: Greenpeace
Monday, 14 March 2016, 10:27 am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Key’s continued backing for intensive dairy irrigation schemes, which will increase pollution of New Zealand’s rivers and streams, means he is unfit for the tourism job, claims Greenpeace. More >>
